Paring knife



Feb. w23. 'v 1,444,659

E. Bv. cARLsoN PARING KNIFE Filed Dec. 175, 1921 E; @afgaan f nation.and arrangement of l 35 hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Patented Feb. 6, i923.

narran eraf-rasn EFFIE B. CARLSON, F ISLE, MINNESOTA.

raiar'ncf KNIFE.

'application flied December 13, 1921. sentirmi. 522,042.

T 0 all 'whom/it 'may concer/n.:

Be it known that LEFFIE B. CARLSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at isle, in the countyof/Millallacs and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new andi useful Improvements in llaringr Knives;

andl dohereby declare the' following to be a full, clear, and exact`description' of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and luse the same. i y" Thisinvention relates to new vand useful improvements in paring knives andhas for its primary object the vprovision of a shield adapted to`preventthe rind from coming in contact with'the index finger of a personwhenpeelingthel rind from fruit or vegetables, and also providesan'jeiective rest for the index finger to permit the proper presl sureto be brought on the knife blade during 1 the act of paring and furtherprevents `the index finger from coming in contact -with the fruit -orvegetable and thereby obviates staining lof the finger. p Another objectof this invention` is the pro- Vision of a paring knife of the abovestated character which will be simple, -durable and eiiicient, and whichmay bemanufactured and vsold at a .comparativelyx low cost.

With-these and other -ob]ects in view,asV will becomer more apparent astherdescrip\ tion proceeds, the invention consists in cer\ tain novelfeatures of construction, combi-1 parts, as will be JFor a Vcompleteunderstanding of my invention, reference -is ingdeseription and inwhich:

,Figure lis paring knife constructed in accordance wit myinvention,

Figure 2 is a similar view illustrating` the other side of thedevice, f

top p lan'view illustrating D accompanying drawing,

46 la side' elevation, illustrating a Figure. 3. is/ a the device, and

' Figure 4 is an end yiewA illustratingithe same. f-

. Referring in detail1 to the drawing, the 50 numeral 1v indicatesl aknife blade of any desired shape, having a cutting edge 2 and a l shank3 to which a handle -l'i's' secured. The handle includes a pair of gripmembers, be# tween which theshank" lies and is' secured .55 to. A shield5 isassociated with the knife blade'o be engaged by the index fingernecessary to permit to be hadto the followof vparts may from the spiritandscope of the invention 'as-claimed.l j

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of the person using the knife to prevent the finger from coming incontact with the fruit or vegetable or the rind peeled therefrom. (lheshield may beA made of any. material 6o suitable. for thefpurpose andlis preferably made o'f the same material from which the blade isconstructed and forms an integral part of said blade. The shield 'islocated where ythe blade forms" onto the shank to position it at one endof the handle to be ,engaged by the index finger upon one face, and itsother face is adapted to deflect the severed rindfronrthe h'and of theperson and also away frornpthe index finger. ,The 7@ inger engaged faceof the shield is concavel and inclined from one side edge to the otheror corresponding edge to provide aiinger seat 6, of the proper shape toreceive and be comfortable to the indexlfinger when the latter is in theact of gripping and placing the necessary pressure on theI device duringv lthe paring operation.v The other or deflectf ing face 7 lof theshield from its outer end to ,its formation onto 'of the blade is curved-its lwi'dth, while said` the non-cutting edge 3,0 gradually throughoutface at one side of the blade? continues the same curve-and at theopposite side ofthe blade time curve is more 'a rupt to increasethethickness of the forming of y,the inclination of the 'finger seat 6.)f j 'Itshould be apparent from 'the foregoingn Y description anddrawing/that a knife shield has been providedfthat is comfortable and 9o'effectiye in preventing the rind from'engaging the Ai1idex-'in,'2;er asit is removed from the fruit lor vegetableand also thatfthe indexfingerl isv prevented from contacting with v the fruit or vegetable whenparing thesame bythe knife. 'y f t h while r have shown and describedthe- Hpreferred embodiment'v of my invention, it

.-Wilb be understood that' minor ychanges in construction, combination'and arrangement be' made without departing Having thus described myinvention, what A paring knife including a blade havingV cuttingannon-cutting edges and a handle, ashield formed on the yblade at itsnon-cut.- ting edgeandextending on opposite sides of the blade tooneeend of the handle and projecting vbeyond the non-cutting edge ofsaid blade, said shield having one fade .con-

shield" 35 cave und inclined from one side edge to its side of saidblade the curvature being-more other corresponding edge to form a fingerscat said shield having its other face outwardly curved from the`non-cutting iedge of the blade to the outer end of the shield`,andhavingysaid last face curved to correspond to the curvature of the firstmentioned face at one side of the blade While at the opposite J abrupt.V

lln testimony whereof l aflix my signatur in presence of two Witnesses.EFFE B. 'CARLSUN `Witnesses: i C. L. LINDSTROM,

' L. MATTER.

